At UM, leadership has many faces. Robyn Parris’ membership in Beta Gamma Sigma attests to her stellar academic performance. However, as president of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) and a member of the Hyperion Council (an undergraduate honors organization through which students apply the business training learned in the classroom to improve real-world situations for the less fortunate) Robyn has also made her mark at UM. And that translates into training groups of women in Jamaica and Miami's Little Haiti section in the basic skills that will enable them to open their own small businesses and helping middle-school and high school students in Miami gain financial literacy. Robyn and her colleagues on the Hyperion Council and in SIFE use their business education to help to make a difference in peoples’ lives.

“Our location…in Miami and its diverse socioeconomic communities allows UM to foster a community-oriented student body and instill a sense of corporate social responsibility and best businesses practices,” says Robyn. And as for the University, Robyn says “by interacting with such a diverse and driven student body, even if the focus of your major is not on the international level, through everyday interactions, you will be forced to traverse cultural barriers which…make you more attuned to cultural nuances and differences in the business arena.”